kulangot
kulangót with stress marks
booger
Usage Note
Kulangot is the everyday informal term for dried nasal mucus, used freely in family settings and casual speech without being considered strongly vulgar, though it would be avoided in formal contexts. It is also sometimes used figuratively as a mild insult implying someone is trivial or worthless.
Examples
" May kulangot sa ilong ng bata. "
Natural Translation
There's a booger in the child's nose.
Literal Translation
Has booger in-the nose of-the child.
" Bakit may kulangot sa iyong ilong? "
Natural Translation
Why is there a booger in your nose?
Literal Translation
Why has booger in-the your nose?
" Pinunasan ng ina ang ilong ng kanyang anak dahil may kulangot na halos matulo na habang naglalaro ito sa labas. "
Natural Translation
The mother wiped her child's nose because there was a booger almost about to drip while he was playing outside.
Literal Translation
Was-wiped by-the mother the nose of-the her child because has booger that almost about-to-drip already while playing it at-the outside.
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